ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,035, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Lummus Technology LLC (Houston).

"Selective treatment of FCC gasoline for removal of sulfur, nitrogen, and olefin compounds while maximizing retention of aromatic compounds" was invented by Rama Rao Marri (Houston), Zhiliang Wang (Houston), Liang Chen (Houston), Marc Andrew Laurin (Houston), Yongqiang Xu (Houston), Manoj Som (Houston), Robert Pham (Houston) and Brian Boeger (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and processes for the treatment of a naphtha range hydrocarbon feedstock comprising sulfur-containing compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, olefins, diolefins, and aromatic...